New Jersey

Secretary Jewell spoke at the event, joining The Wilderness Society President Jamie Williams, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe and Reps. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) and Leonard Lance (R-NJ), among other guests.

Existing and proposed biomass plants threaten New England’s forests

Biomass energy facilities could soon be tapping wood resources in nearly every corner of New England and parts of the Northeast, according to a new map produced by The Wilderness Society. In some parts of the region, multiple facilities with overlapping “woodsheds” could exceed the capacity of forests to yield materials while still maintaining other important benefits such as clean air and water and wildlife habitat.